Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican allies are making a big push this month to highlight the elimination of a state property tax that will save the owner of a typical home an estimated $27 a year.

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Lawmakers have started again to call for the elimination of the state’s tax collected on construction equipment and various other types of “personal property.”

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A battle pitting big-box retail giants including Menards and Wal-Mart against Wisconsin towns and cities is headed to the Legislature.

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The Wisconsin Assembly, on a broad bipartisan vote Thursday, approved a $100 million property tax cut a week after Gov. Scott Walker proposed it, clearing the way for it to be signed into law by the end of the week.

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A Republican legislator called for an investigation Wednesday into the inadvertent release of Social Security and tax identification numbers by the Wisconsin Revenue Department.

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Social Security and tax identification numbers of more than 110,000 people and businesses who sold property in Wisconsin last year were inadvertently included on an annual sales report publically available on the Internet for three months, the state Department of Revenue said Tuesday.

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By Daniel Wagner AP Business Writer Washington — More than half of U.S. cities have reduced staff, canceled construction projects or raised fees this year, according to a report from the National League of Cities that catalogs the vast damage ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new projection shows that property taxes statewide would increase slightly over the next two years under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis released Friday projected a 0.8 percent tax bill increase on ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Forgiving $29,900 in back taxes on a contaminated half-acre in West Allis is the only way Milwaukee County can avoid a $150,000 demolition bill for a building on the land. The building at 1928 S. 62nd St. ...

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By Matt Pommer Which is worse: high property taxes or a growing federal deficit? The issue seems linked to the $23 billion education jobs bill pending in Congress. A total of $415 million would go to Wisconsin schools. The bill ...

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